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Husband, father & multi-award winning J'can sports journalist - Reuters & RJRGleaner Comm Group. retweet not endorsement. kayonraynor30 @gmail .com

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#BreakingNews 1... There is more controversy over Jamaican team selection to the Paris Olympics with sprinter Kemba Nelson revealing on X, formerly Twitter, that she's been advised she is no longer going to the Paris Olympics. @TvjNewscentre
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Kishane Thompson says he could have run faster than 9.77secs done to win his maiden J'can 🇯🇲 100m title. "My coach (Stephen Francis) instructed me just to run the first 60 metre, nothing more, after that, shut it down," he told @TvjNewscentre
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Jaydon Hibbert sets a new World U20 Championship record with 17.27m to take the lead in the triple jump final.
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Jamaica's @realshellyannfp produced her fourth 10.67secs clocking to win the 100m at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Hungary in a new meet record. It is her 5th sub-10.7 race this season.
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#Breaking Freshly minted world U20 100m hurdles gold medallist Kerrica Hill is understood to have joined the senior ranks, having inked professional contract within the last 48 hours. It is understood her high school coach Corey Bennett only learned of the development afterwards.
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Kishane Thompson spoke with reporters about his impressive 9.77 second clocking to win his 1st J'can 100m title to book his ticket to the Paris Olympics. Race 📹 footage courtesy of @TvjNewscentre
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PUMA has signed the fastest Woman alive J'can @FastElaine to a 5-time deal. Puma says the Olympic champion will further boost their impressive roster of track and field athletes ahead of the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
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According to the @WorldAthletics statisticians @sherickajacko 's split for her championship record & nat'l record of 21.45secs was 11.04 for the 1st 100m and 10.41 for the 2nd 100m. #TVJOregon22 #jubileegoldrush Stephen (genius) & Paul Francis of @MVPTrackClub are coaching giants.
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Jamaica moves upto 2nd in the World Athletics U20 Champs medal table with 12 comprising 5 gold, 4 silver & 3 bronze. Jamaica still have 2 finalists in the boys Discus, 2 in the girls 100mH, 1 in the girls triple jump & both 4x400m on Saturday's last day.
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With @FastElaine breaking Flo-Jo's 33-y-o 100m Olympic record of 10.63secs with 10.61secs, Ja. now holds the women and men's @usainbolt (9.63secs)100m Olympic Records. Ja. also hold the men's 200m (19.30secs), 4x100m (36.84s WR) and Melaine Walker has the 400m hurdles with 52.64.
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Rest in eternal peace my colleague and friend, Hubert Lawrence. It was always fun and an honour to share the same space with you as we discussed a sport we both love. Fly with the angels, Hubie. A behind-the-scenes moment from TVJ'S coverage of Budapest 2023.
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#Update Christopher Taylor was never in danger of having a whereabouts failure as reported elsewhere. TVJ sources have revealed that the Olympic finalist was at his specified location in Kingston on Nov 16, 2022 when drug testers arrived for his 1 hour window of 6am-7am.
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World Champs long jump gold medallist Tajay Gayle is said to have a level 1 strain of his left knee (per MRI). He is being treated and will make his own judgement call at competition time for the final on Aug 2. #TVJTokyoDreams #TVJTokyo2020
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Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Kerrica Hill and Tia Clayton sets a new World Under 20 Record of 42.59 seconds to take gold. The time is just 0.01 slower than the 42.58secs, which JADCO caused them lose at Carifta. Jamaica's old record was 42.94 set in Kenya last summer.
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Confirmation coming from Jamaica's medical team that @stepheniemcpher sustained a hamstring injury during the 400m final where she placed 4th in 49.61secs & is now doubtful for the 4x400 final "Seems unlikely to be able to take part. No scan done". #TVJTokyo2020 #TVJTokyoDreams
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JAAAs president Garth Gayle confirms with TVJ Sports that St. Jago schoolboy Gregory Prince has secured an emergency visa appointment with the U.S Embassy for Tuesday morning. This, ahead of Friday's start of the World championships in Oregon.
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Rest in peace, Hubert Lawrence. Your contribution to the coverage of Jamaica's 🇯🇲 exploits in athletics at the local & International levels is unrivalled. I'm happy to have had the chance to work with & have those interesting conversations. Sunrise 7/15/1960-Sunset 2/23/2024.
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J'can Stephen Francis again proves himself to be coaching genius, guiding Sada Williams of Barbados to bronze in the 400m in a NR of 49.75secs. Barbados' 1st ever world champs medal in the 400m. Since October 2021 he said she would be on podium. #TVJOregon22 @MVPTrackClub
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Veteran J'can sprint coach Glen Mills is imploring the @jamaicaolympic to work with the @Athletics_JA to increase the number of coaches & officials for track and field up from 14 to 17 to better serve the nation's athletes at the Paris Olympics. @TvjNewscentre
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9 months
Jamaican sprint Rasheed Broadbell is among 117 athletes named by the IOC's Worldwide Olympic Partner Visa, who are set to receive support on the Road to Paris 2024
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A new lifetime best of 44.79secs for Jamaica's Christopher Taylor aka @cubbytaylor1 to finish in a creditable 6th in the 400m final. It's his 1st Olympics at age 21. Well done CT! #TVJTokyoDreams #TVJTokyo2020
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The JAAA’s is frantically trying to secure a flight for 19-year-old quarter-miler Gregory Prince to leave Kgn on Wednesday to join the World Championships team in Oregon, after securing his visa on Tuesday. Prince is set to collect his passport at 1:00pm tomorrow.
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Two-time Olympic 100m champion @realshellyannfp begins her hunt for a spot to her 5th Olympics today at the JAAA National Senior and Junior Championships in Kingston. The 2008 Beijing Olympics seems like a lifetime away.
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TVJ's Spencer Darlington is reporting that @realshellyannfp 's right knee got aggravated while doing the 2nd leg on 🇯🇲's silver medal winning team just now. she's off to get medical attention & the other 3 ladies have gone to check on her as well @TvjNewscentre #tvjbudapest23
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He's now the 4th fastest 🇯🇲 after Bolt 9.58, Blake 9.69 & Asafa 9.72. “Honestly, I have a lot to improve on… physically & mentally, because I was playing catch-up in some sort & I was trying to adjust & go at the same time. it’s kind of new to me, but I’m getting it slowly."
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Jamaica's 5-time world 100m champion @realshellyannfp clocks a world leading 10.66secs (wind +0.5 m/s) to win her pet event at the Silesia Diamond League meet in Poland.
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1 year
A look at the match stats reveals very small margins between the Sunshine Girls and Australia. The Girls have nothing to be ashamed of.
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10 months
Veteran coach Bradley Stewart has labelled the @jff_football 's decision not to renew Lorne Donaldson's contract "ridiculous". Stewards added that this current executive of the JFF is the worst he's seen in his time decades of coaching.
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It appears @FastElaine will again be taking coaching instructions from her husband Derron, in the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics as she seeks to become the 1st female to win the sprint double 3 times. Her team remains silent on the split from coach Shanikie Osbourne.
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3 years
Congrats to Elaine Thompson-Herah @FastElaine for winning the @WorldAthletics female athlete of the year award. Only the 3rd J'can woman and 5th J'can overall to win the accolade. She joins Marlene Ottey, @realshellyannfp @usainbolt & @officialasafa
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Jamaica's 🇯🇲 defending double sprint Olympic champion @FastElaine has split with her coach Shanique Osbourne after close to 4 months of assn. Osbourne guided her to a three sub-11 clockings 10.92, 10.84, & a SB 10.79 after she placed 5th at the 🇯🇲 trials. @TvjNewscentre
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2 years
Women's 100m semi-finals draw for Sunday. @realshellyannfp @FastElaine @sherickajacko and Kemba Nelson.
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#News @Athletics_JA updated their squad for the Paris Olympics. @iamkemba Kemba Nelson (4x100m reserve), Anthony Cox (mixed 4x400m reserve AP) were added (Monday, July 8). Cox replaced Kimar Farquharson on the mixed 4x400m. @TvjNewscentre
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That PB equalling 21.66secs by @FastElaine to win her 200m semifinal means she's well on target to complete the unprecedented sprint double twice. Its never been done by a woman in the history of the Olympics. #TVJTokyoDreams #TVJTokyo2020
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Making Jamaica’s female 100m squad next year to Worlds will be like making the W.I. team in the 1980s. @FastElaine 10.54 @realshellyannfp 10.60, @sherickajacko 10.73 Natasha 10.87 @iamkemba 10.88 @brianastarr21 10.94 Tina 10.95 Kevone 10.95, Natalliah, Joneille, Tía, Serena etc
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Briana lyston's 7.07secs at the Arkansas Invitational today moved her up to No. 8 all time on the J'can 🇯🇲 list of women over 60m. Merlene Ottey 6.96 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 6.98 Elaine Thompson-Herah 6.98 VCB 7.00 Shericka Jackson 7.04 Briana Williams 7.04 Kemba Nelson 7.05
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5 years
Chanice Porter ends 8th in the long jump final with 6.56 metres. "I'm happy to have been able compete on back to back days and to have placed in the top 8". #TVJDOHA #TVJDOHA
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17-year-old Jaydon Hibbert's 1st attempt of 17.27 metres - the new championships record - hands him gold in the triple jump. The old championship record was 17.15m by Jordan Diaz Fortun of Cuba from 2018.
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2023 World 4x400m relay silver medallist Nickisha Pryce clocked a new national record & world lead of 48.89sces to win the NCAA 400m title. She erased Lorraine Fenton's 22-y-o mark of 49.30secs & moved from 31 all time to joint 13th all time with Ana Gruevara of Mexico.
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11 months
TVJ's Spencer Darlington reporting that "the ultra sound on @realshellyannfp shows she sustained a slight hamstring tear in her right leg...it's not yet known how long she will be out of action" according to @Athletics_JA team Media Liaison Officer Dennis Gordon @TvjNewscentre
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It is very nice that @stepheniemcpher bounced back from her injury disappointment in the Tokyo Olympics final last summer to earn bronze in Belgrade in a nat'l indoor record of 50.79secs. Congrats!
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J'can Rasheed Broadbell lands the 110m hurdles gold in a Games Record equalling & PB 13.08secs at the Commonwealth Games. Bennett 5th in 13.43secs. @ParchmentHansle DNS.
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Briana lyston's 7.03secs to win the NCAA Indoor title (2nd all-time behind J. Alfred 6.94) moved her up to No. 4 all-time on the J'can 🇯🇲 list of women over 60m behind NR holder Merlene Ottey with 6.96, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson-Herah with 6.98 & VCB 7.00
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Veteran MVP coach Stephen Francis sounds off on the Olympic trails, the JAAA & more in this wide-ranging interview with @TvjNewscentre @MVPTrackClub @Athletics_JA
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8 months
2-time Olympic double sprint champion @FastElaine will be coached by Renaldo Walcott of Elite Performance Track Club, according to her management team. Walcott has also been coaching 5-time World 100m champion @realshellyannfp since the 2020 season.
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#Breaking The B sample of J'can Olympic 110mh bronze medallist Ronald Levy has returned positive for 2 banned drugs, found in his A-sample by the WADA lab in Canada from out of competition test last month. He now faces a hearing & the possibility of a 4 year ban. @TvjNewscentre
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3 years
Lane draw for the women's 200m final.100m silver medallist @realshellyannfp is in lane 4 while Olympic champion @FastElaine will run in lane 7. #TVJTokyoDreams #TVJTokyo2020
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2 years
@Athletics_JA has called Olympic 4x100 gold medallist @brianastarr21 as a late replacement in the 100m at the C'Wealth Games. Her coach @AtoBoldon says "Briana is headed to C'Wealth, she’s fine with rounds. It wasn't part of the plan, but all part of the learning experience".
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Jam ends 4th on the Athletics medal table 4 gold, 1 silver & 4 bronze. Gold - @FastElaine 100m, 200m & 4x100 ( @realshellyannfp , @sherickajacko , @brianastarr21 ) Gold - Hansle Parchment 110mh Silver - @realshellyannfp 100m Bronze - @Megstappedin 100mh, Ronald Levy 110mh, Wom 4x400
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Jamaica's @FastElaine completes the unprecedented Olympic sprint double double 2016 and 2020 in a lifetime best and national record of 21.53secs - 2nd fastest time ever in the event. @realshellyannfp faded to 4th in 21.94secs.
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2 years
Update - Word from the J'can camp is that an ultrasound on Hansle Parchment's hamstring showed no obvious structural damage. Parchment is said to have said he 'felt a cramp before hitting the hurdle'. Another Ultra sound will be done in 48 hours. #TVJOregon22 #JubileeGoldRush
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Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah @FastElaine wins the prestigious @LaureusSport Sportswoman of the year award for 2022.
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5 years
Jamaica's sprint relay ladies Natasaha Morrison, @realshellyannfp , Natalliah Whyte and Jonielle Smith easily wins heats 2 in a season best 42.11secs to move into Saturday's final. #TVJDOHA2019 #TVJDOHA
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3 years
Brilliant effort for Jamaica's women Roniesha McGregor, @400_hurdler @sherickajacko & Candice McLeod in the 4x400m final with a season's best 3 mins. 21.24 for bronze #TVJTokyoDreams #TVJTokyo2020
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1 year
Corey Bennett is set to continue coaching J'can U20 100m record holder Alana Reid, who has signed a professional contract with the Auctus Global Sports Management Group. Bennett is the head coach of ISSA Girls Champions Hydel and Calabar High.
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Each member of the Reggae Girlz squad is guaranteed U.S$60,000 dollars from @FIFAcom after advancing to the round of 16. #FIFAWomensWorldCup2023 @TvjNewscentre .
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West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite says the team used the criticism of being 'pathetic and hopeless,' uttered by former Aussie bowler Rodney Hogg as motivation to pull off improbable 8-run win over Australia at the Gabba to level 2 test series at 1-1.
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Antonio Watson with 44.22 joins Bertland Cameron as the only Jamaican 400m world champions. #TVJ Budapest23
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1 year
TVJ sports can report that J'can World Champ mile relay silver medallist Christopher Taylor is facing upto a 4-year ban for evading, refusing or failing to submit to sample collection under WADA code. Taylor, @Ja_antidoping & JAAA have been notified following months of probe.
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With this WL & NR of 48.57secs, Nickisha Pryce moves up to 7th all time over 400m. She is aiming to become Jamaica's 🇯🇲 1st female gold medallist in the event at the Olympics. Of the athletes heading to Paris, only Salwa Naser owns a faster PB of 48.14secs. 📸 @WorldAthletics
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Annsert Whyte "I'm happy I made the final & come out with a PB. It's my 1st Olympics so I'm grateful" @televisionjam
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Candice McLeod with another PB of 49.51secs to move into the 400m final is now ranked 5th fastest among J'can quartermilers. She moved past Rosemarie White-Robinson 49.84, Sandie Richards 49.79, Novelene Williams-Mills 49.63 and Grace Jackson 49.57. #TVJTokyoDreams #TVJTOKYO2020
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World U-20 200m bronze medallist Alana Reid is set to become a training partner of 100m world champ Sha'Carri Richardson under the guidance of Dennis Mitchell at the Florida based Star Athletics Track Club. Coach Corey Bennett confirmed the move.
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9 years
Strongest J'can man; 1st Carib athlete to win Shot Put medal at Worlds (Bronze 21.69) O'DAYNE Richards #TeamTVJ http://t.co/mXQWer84NH
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A lifetime best of 15.01 metres for Jamaica's @RickettsShan in the Triple Jump at the Brussels Diamond 💎 League
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Jamaica's full delegation to the Rio Olympics Aug 5 to 21. 4 managers, 4 doctors, 6 masseurs/physios, 12 officials
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TVJ Sports can report that 2022 world champs 200m finalist Tamara Clark & J'can sprint hurdler medallist Rushelle Burton have received 4 month bans from the @aiu_athletics for possession of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method. That's under rule 2.2 of the WADA code.
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#Breaking @TvjNewscentre can report track & field coach Marlon James, who was fired from St. Catherine High School has been arrested & charged with grievous sexual assault of a minor and sexual touching by the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse - CISOCA.
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🇯🇲's Ackeem Blake sped to 6.46secs to secure bronze in the 60m at the World Indoor Champs in Glasgow, his maiden individual global medal. He joins @officialasafa (silver 2016) as the only J'can man with a medal in the event 🥇 🇺🇸 Coleman 6.41 WL 🥈 🇺🇸 Lyles 6.44 🥉 🇯🇲 Blake 6.46
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2 years
Jamaican 400-metre hurdler @kaliesespencer1 is set to be promoted to the bronze medal from the London 2012 Olympics. This follows a ruling by the Athletics Integrity Unit @aiu_athletics to strip Russian Natalia Antyukh of her gold medal from the London games.
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2 years
Highly placed sources are indicating that @usainbolt has sacked his long-time business manager, Norman Peart. When contacted on Sunday Peart, who was with Bolt since 2002, told Radio Jamaica Sports that he & Bolt "parted company amicably in late 2022". (Gleaner photo)
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5-time World Champion @realshellyannfp logs impressive 10.82secs in her season opener 100m in Luzern, Switzerland.
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Yohan Blake "I can't complain, it has been rough but I'm not disappointed. I want to congratulate Usain he has been a monster in the track"
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Nickiesha Pryce with an impressive 49.75 split on tye 2nd leg was Jamaica's best runner in the 4x400 heats.
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Wonder if you'll took notice that @FastElaine 's 10.54secs is just 0.06 off Flo-jo's 100m 10.49 WR. Let's see what happens in her last 3 100m races this season. She's also set to run 2 more 200m before the season ends. Her 21.53secs from Tokyo2020 is 0.19secs from the 21.34 WR.
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Shericka Jackson logs career best 49.47secs - 3rd fastest ever by a J'can woman - to land her 2nd world 400m bronze after 2015 in Beijing. She's now only the 3rd J'can after Sandie Richards & Lorraine Fenton with atleast 2 world champs medals in the event. #TVJDOHA2019 #TVJDOHA
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Traves Smikle takes bronze in the Discus with 64.58m at the Commonwealth Games. Compatriot Roje Stona ends 6th with 6.15m.
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2 years
J'can heavy weight boxer Ricardo 'Big12' Brown produced a 3rd round TKO win over Mexican Mario Juarez last night Brampton, Ontario. it was Brown's 2nd win in as many professional fights. Photo by: United Boxing Promotions.
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Despite having two finalists in the 100m final, the USA men finishes 6th in semifinal 2 of the 4x100m with 38.10 and misses the final.
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Cedella Marley has ended her ten year association with the @jff_football as the global ambassador of the Reggae Girlz. Marley's decision was communicated to the JFF on Thursday in one page letter, which has been obtained by TVJ Sports. @rastamanlewis01
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@realshellyannfp , in her first public post on Facebook since her heroics to hand over the baton after picking up an hamstring injury to help 🇯🇲 take silver in the 4x100 in Budapest, has confirmed she will be preparing for next summer's Olympics "So, get ready Paris, here we come"
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Tokyo Olympics 110m hurdles bronze medallist Ronald Levy confirmed via his Instagram account that he was notified of doping violation by @Ja_antidoping on Nov. 2. He added that the test came out of competition and has since requested that the B sample be tested. @TvjNewscentre
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Olympic 100m bronze medallist Shericka Jackson @sherickajacko and 60m hurdles world leader Danielle Williams named in Jamaica's 16 member team for the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade set for march 18 to 20.
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5-time World 100m champion @realshellyannfp today confirmed she will make her season debut at the Jamaica National Junior/Senior Championships set for July 6-9 in Kingston.
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J'can U20 100m record holder Alana Ried will be competing in Nike apparel after inking a multi year deal with the American based sports company. Confirmation came Sekou Clarke - co-founder of the Auctus Global Sports Management a short while ago. @TvjNewscentre
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Kayon Raynor
2 years
2019 world long jump champion Tajay Gayle tells TVJ Sports he will decide on Friday (July 15) whether to defend his title in Oregon, after only returning to training on Sunday. Gayle hurt his left knee on June 25 at the J'can trials after landing badly on his 5th attempt.
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The J'can quarter-miler, who was unable to provide the urine sample at home, was accompanied by the Doping Control Officer to the NMIA airport, where he had a flight to catch to Florida. The DCO took a photo of Taylor's boarding pass after close to an hr & allowed him to travel.
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8-time Olympic gold medallist and world record holder over 100m and 200m @usainbolt has been appointed as a new director to the board of Supreme Ventures Limited effective June 16
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Kayon Raynor
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The disparity in recovery time between the men's & women's 100m semi-finals & final looks a bit unfair to the women. There was 2hrs & 20 mins after the 3rd men's semi to the final. But there will only be 50 mins between the 3rd women's semi to the final. @WorldAthletics
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#BreakingNews @Athletics_JA has named 65 athletes & 16 officials, including Glen Mills, to represent Jamaica at the Paris Olympic Games, scheduled for July 26 to August 11 France. 9 personal coaches, including Stephen Francis, are also listed by the JAAA. @TvjNewscentre
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Kayon Raynor
1 year
Lane draw for the women's 100m final at the JAAA National Senior Championships.
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Kayon Raynor
2 years
Jamaica's quartet of Shemar Palmer, Shaemar Uter, Jasauna Dennis & Delano Kennedy, who ran a monster anchor takingbthebteam from 5th to 2nd leg takes silver in the 4x400m in 3mins. 05. 72secs at the curtains come down on the World Under20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.
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J'can world leader Ackelia Smith (Texas) cuts the sand at 6.88m on her 6th attempt to win the NCAA women's Long Jump title. USA's Alyssa Jones (Stanford) took silver in a U-20 nat'l record 6.86m. Another J'can Carey McLeod with 8.26m won the men's long Jump title last night.
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Kayon Raynor
5 years
Jamaica's 17 year old sprinter Briana Williams is reprimanded without any period of ineligibility by IADP. @televisionjam @doncarlostheone
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Jamaica's 🇯🇲 Rusheen McDonald clocked a PB 45.65secs to take bronze at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow. He's the 4th J'can medallist in the event after Devon Morris 1991 gold, Danny McFarlane 2001 bronze & Davian Clarke 2004 silver.
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Kayon Raynor
8 years
Javon Francis who anchored Jamaica to silver in the 4x400 will carry the flag in tonight's closing ceremony #RIOUnleashed @televisionjam
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Kayon Raynor
8 years
Trusted statistical site Tilastopaja confirms 97 wind legal sub10 for @officialasafa @taraplayfair @adriel_williams
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Kayon Raynor
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@Athletics_JA 🇯🇲 names in-experienced squad for the World Relays, which is set for the Bahamas May 4 to 5. World Indoor 60m bronze medallist Ackeem Blake & World Champs 100m finalist Ryiem Forde to lead the men's sprint relay team.
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Kayon Raynor
2 years
Jamaica has been promoted from bronze to silver in the Boys 4x100m relay after winners South África are disqualified for a lane violation. USA is promoted to bronze, while Japan now take gold.
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Kayon Raynor
3 years
American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson looks unlikely to challenge for the 100m title at the Toky Olympics after returning an adverse analytical finding at the US Trials, which has led to her 100m performance at the event being disqualified.
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